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Homes Sales Don’t “Plummet” in Carlsbad
If today you received the new format San Diego Union-Tribune, now renamed, it appears, “San Diego U-T,” then in Section C, the business section, you would have seen the headline “County Home Sales Plummet 21 Percent In July.” The article goes on to point out that’s the percentage drop from sales in June 2010. NOT [...]
Looking Back At Carlsbad Year-End Prices
Click on this Carlsbad Link for a larger image of the chart. Every once in a while, I like to take a look back at where we were at the beginning of the year in Carlsbad. It puts things in perspective for what’s happening now. Keep coming back here, and you’ll see more data about [...]
One Up and Three Down
Comparing December ’08 to ’09 single family detached median home prices in the four Carlsbad zip codes reminds one that you shouldn’t believe what you read in the newspaper…or, these days, on the Internet. The San Diego Union-Tribune on January 20 announced that San Diego County led Southern California in home price improvements in December [...]
Carlsbad December Sales 38.78% Higher than 2008
Carlsbad total single family detached (SFD) sales in 2009 increased by 9.22% over 2008, totaling 782 in 2009 and 716 in 2008, an increase of 66 total sales. As you can see from the chart below (click here to get a more readable version), the real increase started in May, reached a peak in August, [...]
Carlsbad Bucks the Case-Shiller Trend
The New York Times reported today that Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index for October rose 0.4 percent from September on a seasonably adjusted basis in the 20 metropolitan areas it covers. The article also reported that the index is down 7.3 percent from October a year ago. As I’ve said in the past, and [...]
Carlsbad Prices Improve – Check the Chart
In general, it appears that median prices in the four Carlsbad zip codes, 92008, 92009, 92010, and 92011, have improved since January of 2009, and in some cases show an improving trend over the last three months. I’ve inserted a chart below, which will lead you to the median price information for January to June, [...]
Mixed Results In April For Carlsbad Prices
It’s a mixed bag for Carlsbad as far as sales in April are concerned. 92009 had a significant bump in prices, and an increased number of sales, going from 23 in March to 35 in April.There was a significant drop in the median price of homes in 92011, although the number of sales increased from [...]
March Results Encouraging
It’s easy to be misled by housing articles in the newspapers that report that prices are going up or prices are going down. They always seem to use area statistics, but the information you usually would like to know is what is happening in your neighborhood! We’ve made it a bit more local by focusing [...]